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I began to write better ; I did not write well . I wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not ...
I began to write better ; I did not write well . I wrote stiffly and self - consciously . I tried to get a pattern into my sentences , but did not see that the pattern was evident . I took care how I placed my words , but did not ...
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I have always had more stories in my head than I ever had time to write . I have often heard writers complain that they wanted to write but had nothing to write about , and I remember one distin- guished author telling me that she was ...
I have always had more stories in my head than I ever had time to write . I have often heard writers complain that they wanted to write but had nothing to write about , and I remember one distin- guished author telling me that she was ...
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He does well only to write to liberate his spirit of a subject that he has so long meditated that it burdens him and if he is wise he will take care to write only for the sake of his own peace . Perhaps the simplest way to break the ...
He does well only to write to liberate his spirit of a subject that he has so long meditated that it burdens him and if he is wise he will take care to write only for the sake of his own peace . Perhaps the simplest way to break the ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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